meow2222@care2.com wrote

> The 433 runs freedos no problem.

That doesnt prove much.

> But then run windows setup and it all goes wrong.

> 'copying files needed for windows setup'
> white screen
> 'disc in a: is write protected.' with win3.1 style cancel & retry buttons
> cancel twice ->
> 'windows need a computer with at least 16mb of memory'
> and it quits

Looks like its getting very confused about the hardware for some reason.

Presumably its attempting to do the copying to what its decided
is the hard drive with an A: letter for some reason and that fails.

> Cant get it past this stage, setup /im doesnt seem to make any difference.
> Ramtest runs fine, checks all 127M of RAM (1M onboard video)

> Any clues welcome

See what happens when you run something more fancy like knoppix.

> 433 celery
> 128M
> 98se
> and a history of trouble - but am short on machines atm

Why do you keep killing them ?